COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Gold futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 16,278 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 13,548 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the chart, there are a total of 1,028 observations. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 20,246 contracts; they reached a maximum of 50,291 on 31 December 2019; they hit a trough of 8,381 on 6 June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 12647.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 13548.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 16278.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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